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Report: Young NYers Face Higher Barriers To Public Assistance
A study of low-income New Yorkers under the age of 24 indicates they have trouble getting welfare benefits to which they are entitled. City officials say the report—and others that raised similar questions—suffers from poor methodology.
Boxing Programs In Fight For Their Lives
Despite their traditional appeal as a way to get tough kids off the street, youth boxing programs are struggling to survive as foundations favor programs whose success is easier to measure.
Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services
Legislators want to restore many human services that Gov. Cuomo proposed cutting. But the Senate and Assembly still differ by tens of millions of dollars on social funding, and some programs still face elimination.
Opponents Mobilize Against New Harlem Charter School
Opponents of the Harlem Children's Zone's plans to open a school in the St. Nicholas Houses are organizing a grassroots effort aimed to prevent it.
Video: From Bad Influence to Role Model
In a neighborhood where he was once known as 'Bad News', Dedric Hammond has made the decision to become a positive beacon. Now named Brother Beloved, Hammond works with Street Corner Resources' Iesha Sekou to make a difference.
MTA Budget Cuts Pose New Threat To School Choice
If students can’t get to school for free anymore, how will they be able to freely choose among the city’s more than 400 high schools?
Budget Deficit Threatens Teen Sex Worker Safe Harbor
New York has fundamentally changed the way it treats underage sex workers, replacing jail time with social services--if Albany can afford them.
1.5 Percent Less For Education
How will $113 million less be felt across the public school system? How are other programs for children faring, from prenatal care to juvenile justice?
Learning For The Long Term
Or A Job For Right Now?
Groups providing education and training for high school dropouts say the city's new rules for spending millions in Workforce Investment dollars won't achieve the best outcomes.
Kids Who Can't Get
Enough of School
One low-income HCZ parent describes how the program has changed her family.
Local Perspectives:
Residents Weigh In
A sampling of opinion from the streets of Harlem yields a positive view of the Children’s Zone.
Promises To Keep:
The Obama Poverty Plan
The 'Promise Neighborhoods' plan has the policy world abuzz about the first major federal antipoverty effort in decades. But the effort has not yet been launched, and details are hard to come by.
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Mayor Bloomberg's Roadmap For Juvenile Justice Reform
The mayor proposes a timeline for taking over facilities where city youth are housed.
Mapping the Needs and Interests of Urban Youth
A report by the Manhattan News Network on the perspectives of urban youth on mainstream and community media.
